NENETTE

Year: 2010
USA: Kino International
UK: Artificial Eye
Cast: Nenette
Director: Nicolas Philibert
Country: France
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA: 67 mins
UK: 70 mins
UK Certificate: PG contains mild sex references in a natural history context
USA Release Date: 24 December 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 4 February 2011 (Limited Release - London - West End only)

Synopsis

Born in 1969 in the forests of Borneo, Nenette (an orang-utan) has just turned 40.

It is rare for an orang-utan to reach such a venerable age! A resident of the menagerie at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris since 1972, she spent more time there than any member of staff.

The unrivalled star of the place, she sees hundreds of visitors file past her cage each day. And, of course, each one of them has comments to make...